The Alienist on Julius Caesar: “they were learning English by studying Shakespeare. When I was born they’d just started, with Julius Caesar.”
The Alienist on Principles of Psychology: “for in the vicissitudes of our outer experience we are constantly liable to meet the same thing in the midst of differing companions. William James, The Principles of Psychology”
The Alienist on The Moonstone: “The Moonstone that Lucius Isaacson had lent him and began very contentedly reading.”